Reinforced clothes-pin.



G. LANGGONS.

REINFORCED CLOTHES PIN.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 27, 1908.

Patented 0ct.26,1909.

will! nvewtoz al/ ye s. GRAHAM 00.. Plw'ru-u'monmvuins WASH NGTON n cUNITED STATES PATENT oEEIoE.

GEORGE LANGGONS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

REINFORCED CLOTHES-PIN.

Application filed June 27, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE LANGGONS, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Reinforced Clothes-Pins, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention is an improved construction of clothes pin, the objectbeing to provide an ordinary clothes pin with a reinforcing band wherebythe strength of the clothes pin is greatly increased and consequentlyits time of use greatly prolonged, and another object of the inventionis to so construct and apply the reinforcing band that it not onlystrengthens the joint, but also increases the resiliency of the legs ofthe pin thereby permitting its use upon heavy and thick articles, suchas rugs, carpets and the like.

A still further object is to provide a reinforcing band attached in sucha manner that all danger of dislocation is avoided.

WVith these various objects in view my invention consists essentially inapplying a circular metallic ring or band at the juncture of the bodyand leg port-ions of the pin, and then forcing inwardly into the crotcha portion of the said ring or band extending below the body portion,thereby firmly gripping the upper end of the legs upon their innerfaces, and securely holding the ring or band in place.

The invention consists also in certain details of constructionhereinafter fully described and pointed out in the claims. In thedrawings forming a part of this specification :Figure 1 is a perspectiveview of a clothes pin constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig.2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail vertical sectionalView, and Fig. 4 is a transverse horizontal section on the line lf-4 ofFig. 3.

In carrying out my invention I employ an ordinary form of wooden clothespin comprising the body portion A and the legs B, and around thisclothes pin at the juncture of the body and legs and overlapping themeeting portions of both, I place a metal band or ring C. This band orring may be of any suitable thin, flat metal, and may be applied invarious ways, but the manner of constructing and applying said ring orband has nothing to do with my present in Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Oct. 26, 1909.

Serial No. 440,675.

vention. In order to securely hold this ring or band in place and at thesame time provide for the resiliency of the leg members, I punch out andturn in into the crotch that portion of the ring or band extendingacross said crotch, the said punched and turned in portion being shownat C as engaging the lower end of the body portion A and at C asengaging the inner faces of the upper portions of the legs B. It willthus be seen that by turning in these portions the resiliency of thelegs is not interfered with, but onthe other hand the eiiiciency of thepin is greatly increased as the legs can be spread considerably, andinasmuch as the band as a whole surrounds the juncture of the body andlegs, this point which is usually the weakest in an ordinary clothes pinis strengthened to such an extent that it is impossible to break the pinat this point, and the period of usefulness of the wooden clothes pin isthereby materially increased without materially adding to the cost ofmanufacture.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is 1. A wooden clothes pin having a metallicband surrounding a'portion of the body and a portion of the legs at thecrotch, said band being split over the crotch and bent inwardly over thelegs and over the bottom of the body portion respectively.

2. A clothes pin comprising the body and leg portions and a metallicband surrounding said pin at the juncture of the said. portions, theportions of said band being pressed inwardly to engage the bottom of thebody portion, and the opposing faces of the leg portion.

3. A clothes pin comprising the body and leg portions, and a metallicband surrounding the pin at the juncture of said portions, the lowerportions of the band at opposite points being pressed inwardly into thecrotch of the pin and adapted to engage the bottom of the body portion,and the opposing faces of the leg portions thereby securely fasteningthe band upon the pin, substantially as described.

GEORGE LANGGONS.

Witnesses: v ADAM WOLFE, V PAULINE LANGGONS.

